microcosmologyn.
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)kɒzˈmɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪkrəkɑzˈmɑlədʒi/ rare.
1. † a. A treatise on man or on the human body. Obsolete.
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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Microcosmologia, term employed..to designate a treatise or dissertation on the human body: microcosmology.
1890 Cent. Dict. Microcosmology, a treatise on the microcosm, specifically on the human body, or on man.]
b. A theory of human nature.
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1981 Man 16 708/1 Both the scepticism and the faith [of Americans in their analysts] ought to be susceptible to anthropological enquiry, still more so the Freudians' belief and its microcosmology.
1982 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 72 2 Ḥunayn appears to derive the principles of his micro-cosmology of vision directly from Galen's writings.
2. The study of ecological microcosms (microcosm n. 3).
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1980 J. P. Giesy & E. P. Odum in J. P. Giesy Microcosms in Ecol. Res. 1 (heading) Microcosmology: introductory comments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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